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Last summer, M. Blaževičius was already wearing a men’s T-shirt with the inscription “Lithuania”, but then it was only a friendly match against Estonia and Latvia.
After receiving another chance and receiving permission from “Žalgiris” to leave the team, the talented tall man grabbed the bull by the horns and already in the first 8 minutes of the game he shot 10 points and was the second Lithuanian to reach the limit of double digit performance.
Although M. Blaževičius could no longer add points to his account later, the youngest man who scored 10 points in 10 minutes remained among the four most productive basketball players on his team.
However, it did little to console the Lithuanian, who made his official debut, and was ashamed of the result after the match.
“We played a terrible game. We had no energy. We attacked perfectly, but in defense we did not know who the pitchers were and who preferred to break through. It changed the game and they felt very good.
It is an embarrassing result for us. We can’t play with this note on a shirt like that. We have to make changes before the next game, “said M. Blaževičius.
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The center, who moved from Vilnius “Rytas” to Kaunas “Žalgiris” in the summer, does not have much time among the Lithuanian champions: this year he played only 2 minutes in the Euroleague and 46 minutes in the Lithuanian basketball league.
Recently, however, he has been gaining more confidence in Martin Schiller, and even after training with the Lithuanian national team, M. Blaževičius said he hardly felt his playing practice.
“Maybe I didn’t feel too much today, because we managed to get into the rhythm of the team during training. Also, I had played a few games at the club before, so the form was back. Sure, it could have been better, but it wasn’t too bad. and the feeling on the pitch was really great. Of course, I made mistakes on defense, which is a lack of joy, mistakes that I didn’t make last season. But over time, those mistakes will diminish and diminish, “expected the center.
We played a terrible game.
Asked if the defeat could have been caused by other factors, such as the lack of a starter, which was also seen in the reserve reactions of the bench, Žalgiris did not even try to make excuses.
“I don’t think we can drop a loss on a bench or with a bad plan. Against a team like this, we have to concentrate, go out and play. We are superior to them in mastery, but today they wanted more than us and they deserve it. But that is not possible. We have no excuses, a lot of shame. We have to take responsibility that this does not happen again, and that is all, “said M. Blaževičius.
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